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7	When a naked character is given a computer-created bikini or underwear, often at the censor's request, as actually cutting the scene would leave a major plothole (or piss off purist fans who hate it when scenes get cut for content) and cropping the nudity with pan and zoom effects would make the scene look awkward as hell. This is also used to make risque clothing more modest (i.e., a female character who originally wears a thong now has on a mild version of a ThongOfShielding, booty shorts, or granny panties on a "safe for air" version of a movie or cable show that was brought to free-to-air TV). A close relative of CensorSteam. Sometimes this does occur with BarbieDollAnatomy (or NonHumansLackAttributes) involved, though lack of certain... um, [[NippleAndDimed elements]] should technically make it less egregiously nude it doesn't lessen the overall perception that there's a lot of skin on show in places clothing should be. Other times, though, it can have the opposite effect entirely and merely look kinky without said attributes, so it's easier just to cover it up.
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9	This of course stems from consideration of intended audiences, standards and practices departments, and mainly pressure from MoralGuardians who can easily sink something if they mean to.
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11	Compare with FamilyFriendlyFirearms, when real-life guns and weapons are digitally altered into more censor-friendly fictional weapons.
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13	Not to be confused with bikinis made of electronic components (if there is any such thing... [[TechnologyMarchesOn yet]]).
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20	* The creator of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' also features more explicit images of the characters through ''Menagé à 3 Showcase'' on the paysite Slipshine. One advertisement for this on the [=Ma3=] website features Zii in a black bra which she's not wearing in the actual image.
21	* Depending on the target audience, holiday brochures available from travel agents in Britain are routinely photoshopped to put digital bikini tops on women who appear on photographs from resorts where topless sunbathing is allowed. Identical photographs might appear in a holiday brochure intended at families and older people - with bikini tops airbrushed in - and in brochures of the "Club 18-30" type aimed at young singles - where the nudity is allowed to stand, possibly as a sales point.
22	* An egregious example was done with a photo originally in an ad in an adult publication, showing a female with her back to the camera on a beach, peeling off a wet shirt, the only piece of clothing she had on. The picture was used in a later ad; not only was a bikini bottom painted on, but her entire butt-crack was airbrushed out. The effect was...unsettling.
23	* An advert for tights for use on the Transport for London network had to have one added before being allowed, as the original photo fell foul of its "no topless women" rule... even though the woman was seen from behind and her breasts were not visible.
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27	* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' became the TropeNamer when it was aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'', pioneering the technique to avoid cutting the many plot-critical scenes set in hot springs or baths. The best part is seeing the bathing suits painted on characters wearing tightly wrapped towels around them. These days, the digital bikini isn't used as much to cover nudity in anime series. They mostly use CensorSteam, [[BarbieDollAnatomy digitally remove offending body parts]], or cut/shorten scenes of nudity. The last anime series on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim to use digital clothes to cover nudity was ''Anime/BlueGender'', where Marlene was seen with a digitally-rendered towel around her naked body in a locker room scene (while the towel she actually had in her hand was digitally removed for continuity reasons -- and a naked man sitting on a bench when Marlene and Alicia go to their lockers was completely digitally removed[[note]]not unlike that scene on the ''Cowboy Bebop'' episode "Waltz for Venus" where the scene of Faye holding a man having sex with another man at gunpoint had the passive partner digitally removed, making it look like the man on top was humping a pillow[[/note]]). Even ''Kill La Kill'', which features the main character in a skimpy, superpowered uniform, didn't use digital alteration to cover up upskirt and underboob shots (those instead were either left in, cropped out of frame, or replaced with another shot).
28	* In the very first chapter of ''Manga/DragonBall'', Goku goes SkinnyDipping while fishing. In the 1995 BLT dub of the anime, underwear is added on to him in his swimming scenes, while other scenes of him naked use a SceneryCensor. This edit was reused by Funimation in their re-dub for the ''Toonami'' broadcast.
29	* In ''Manga/InuYasha'', in the very first chapter, the Centipede Demon who drags Kagome to the past via the well was supposed to be bare-chested (but with BarbieDollAnatomy). When it aired on [adult swim], the monster's breast lines were digitally erased, which was not even done consistently in all scenes.
30	** In Latin America she received a blue bra, which was even ''less'' consistent.
31	* In ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' when it was aired on ''Toonami'', a bikini top was put on [[spoiler:Rain when she's forced to "pilot" the Devil Gundam]]. Making this especially silly is that the character in question has BarbieDollAnatomy but is also completely silver and looks like a statue (due to [[spoiler:DG Cell infection]]).
32	* The English dub of ''Manga/ZatchBell'' apparently put underpants on the title character (in the original Japanese he walked around with nothing under his dress -- yes, he wears a dress) because in Japan, nudity on young boys isn't frowned upon (this also happened with young Gohan in ''Manga/DragonBall'', though in the dub they just cut the scene). This led to a few confusing scenes where he's doing stuff like holding his boxers while wearing boxers and swimming with them while his clothes -- ''including the boxers'' -- can be seen on the bank.
33	** One episode has Fulgore get the back of his pants burned off, exposing his butt. The English dub gives him a [[GoofyPrintUnderwear pink, frilly heart-printed speedo]]...which actually fits his flamboyant nature.
34	* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' episode 119 (from the ''Sailor Moon S'' series) features a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Daimon]] called [[http://www.wikimoon.org/index.php?title=U-Chouten U-Chouten]] who basically wears large star-shaped [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasties pasties]] over her nipples. This was too much for Creator/CartoonNetwork censors as you might guess for a kid-aimed show and the episode was sent back to Cloverway so they could draw a green bra over U-Chouten's semi-naked breasts to make the star pasties look like a design on her bra. As a result, Cartoon Network skipped the episode in its initial run -- despite it being a pivotal episode wherein the identity of Sailor Saturn is revealed. Even though Cartoon Network eventually made good by airing the episode eventually, most fans were angry that it took them so long to do it and the reason why the episode was banned was for something so minor (in their opinion, MoralGuardians and most parents might differ).
35	** The Korean dub edited any characters with revealing outfits, like the members of the Amazoness Quartet and the Sailor Starlights, to make their outfits completely cover their body. On a similar note, [[spoiler:Usagi was given a white body suit instead of being naked]] in episode 200.
36	* The American broadcast of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' had these added when the male and female leads took an impromptu hot springs dip.
37	* ''Manga/OutlawStar'' put a Digital bikini on Melfina when she went into the water tank to control the ship, never mind how she was ''just'' covered [[HandOrObjectUnderwear behind her crossed arms and part of the tank]] already. The same goes for when she is first "discovered", which is a popular comparison shot -- the fetal position ''just'' didn't cover it.
38	** As for the "Hot Springs Planet Tenrei" episode, Cartoon Network [[AvertedTrope just refused to air it]], even when ''Outlaw Star'' aired on Creator/AdultSwim after midnight on weekends, as it would have been too much time, effort, and digital paint to clothe/cover up the female nudity[[note]]especially if one were to edit the episode to Toonami-levels. An Creator/AdultSwim edit of the episode would have some nudity edited, but it would be mostly uncut[[/note]], including the breast outlines on the body suits of the mascots seen earlier in the episode. This isn't to say editing "Hot Springs Planet Tenrei" would be impossible, just really, really challenging. In fact, the episode ''finally'' aired on Adult Swim in 2018, with the only edit being airbrushing Aisha's nipples so she would have BarbieDollAnatomy. There also exists an edited version of the episode that does have the nude characters digitally clothed with bikinis (and is drastically cut to remove other objectionable content, making it run noticeably shorter than usual), but it only aired once on the short-lived CNX Channel in the UK. The bottom line is: find a way to watch the uncut DVD version.
39	* Numerous humanoid monsters in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' were originally depicted as being naked (though with BarbieDollAnatomy), but in the 4Kids dub, clothes were digitally painted onto them. Likewise, monsters (and even certain human characters) who were depicted with very risqué clothes had their clothing modified digitally to be less revealing.
40	** A notable example is Vivian Wong from the first Konami-run series (not including the Toei one). Given her high-kick style of fighting, it was probably necessary to get it on the air.
41	** A scene in an early episode of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' has Asuka and her friends in a hot spring-like area of the Obelisk Blue dorms. In the dub, swimsuits are digitally painted onto their bodies, though said bikinis vanish when they are in their towels. A much later episode features Misawa taking off all his clothing and running across part of the island naked. The dub gives him a pair of underpants, and the ones he originally threw aside are painted away.
42	*** The sexier female monsters such as Asuka's [[https://pre00.deviantart.net/f967/th/pre/f/2016/113/8/6/cyber_angel___idaten_yugioh_ocg_by_yeidenex-d9zzt4k.png Cyber Angel Idaten]] and Judai's [[http://78.media.tumblr.com/1b3c7819a8a3cc4c1b96171108629344/tumblr_mybigwIie11rie4kjo1_500.jpg Elemental Hero Burst Lady]] got censored because of just how skimpy their outfit are. However, Yubel's left chest [[https://funnypictures3.fjcdn.com/comments/Blank+_201675d9ad79671bd8ab60a8a7207c40.jpg is also censored,]] which is actually quite ridiculous, because they are a hermaphrodite monster whose ''male'' left chest needs no censoring in the first place. However, they are in love with Judai and became an OfficialCouple with him later on, so this change was to make them [[ShesAManInJapan a full-blown woman]] and would be easier to deal with when it came to the MoralGuardians.
43	* ''Mew Mew Power'', the 4Kids dub of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', gave Zakuro[=/=][[DubNameChange Renee]] underwear before her clothes form during her TransformationSequence, even though it goes by so fast it's almost impossible to tell. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iujzf_6GtA8&feature=related Video comparison here.]]
44	* In one scene in ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire: Season II'', a male doppelgänger transforms into the very buxom Kurumu Kurono and flashes her breasts. In the English version, the doppelgänger inexplicably has on a bra.
45	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has the second CompilationMovie put frilly tunics on Madoka and Homura in a scene that was an OutOfClothesExperience in the actual series.
46	* The Saban dub of ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' painted over any shot of cleavage, which must have been a lot of work when recurring characters include Lilithmon and Mervamon.
47	* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'''s U.S. dub for Disney XD had this trope done multiple times. Noby (Nobita) was given a pair of shorts in "Mystery of the Haunted House" and "Rub-a-Dub Dub, See the World From a Tub!", and Sue (Shizuka) was given a swimsuit in "The Horizon Line" and "Rub-a-Dub etc.".
48	** In "What's on the Robo-Catwalk?" Big G (Gian) is given underwear when Doraemon and Noby mess with the Instant Wardrobe Cam and he (originally) ends up naked during [[ItMakesSenseInContext a fashion show.]]
49	* ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' had similar edits in the Disney XD dub, however for even milder scenes (fairly modest two-piece bikinis were repainted into one-piece bikinis on one occasion and a dress on another, and in one episode comic shots of a boy's rear end got either covered by his shirt being lengthened or by digital underwear).
50	* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Himiko Toga's Quirk allows her to turn into other people; however, this also destroys her clothing, and though she can imitate her transformation target's clothing, they vanish once she turns back to normal, leaving her naked. In certain airings of the anime, this is changed so that she's left wearing a skin-tight bodysuit instead.
51	* The original late-night airing of the ''Manga/SakuraDiaries'' OAV cut some scenes of nudity. At one point Urara is trying to seduce [[KissingCousins her cousin]] Touma with a NakedApron, but panties were added to the scene where [[MaleGaze Touma stares at her ass]]. While the original 4-disc DVD release of the series was produced from this version, a later 2-disc rerelease included the original uncut episodes.
52	* One episode of ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' features Team 7 trying see under Kakashi's mask while unknowingly being pursued by a trio of ninja who want revenge on Kakashi for a past humiliation. At one point, the trio spy on Kakashi while in a hot springs and are completely naked. The Creator/CartoonNetwork dub put them in swirly-print boxers. Oddly enough, the scene already employed SceneryCensor to cover their most sensitive areas, but apparently their bare butts were still too much. It also made one scene, where they're carrying [[HandOrObjectUnderwear wooden bowls to cover their groins]] look weird, since with the boxers, they'd already be covered.
53	* One issue of ''Manga/BakutenShootBeyblade'' had the central characters in a hot springs. Takeo stands up at one point, [[MaleFrontalNudity completely exposing himself]]. The English translation redrew the scene so that it looked like he was wearing briefs.
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57	* A scene in ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster'' shows a woman with star pasties over her breasts. The DVD version redrew the star pasties as a star bikini.
58	* When ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' aired on TV, the scene where they go skinny dipping and have their clothes stolen by monkeys had underwear digitally added.
59	* An infamous scene in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' features Jessica being thrown from a car crash with her legs spread and facing the camera, revealing [[FreezeFrameBonus for a split second]] that [[GoingCommando she doesn't wear underwear]]. While her muff is visible in the 1988 laserdisc version, [[http://archive.fo/xAava panties were digitally added to her in all other releases]] (though a more recent version just elongated her skirt and reanimated her fall so it wasn't as racy as it was in the original version).
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63	* So frequent in [[https://censuraenlacomunicacion.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/captura-de-pantalla-2016-12-07-a-las-16-39-50.png?w=493&h=353 Francoist-era Spain]], that the dictator's death was [[FreudianExcuse immediately followed]] by a period in which there was little besides female nudity in most Spanish films, known as ''El Destape'' ("The Uncovering").
64	* When ''Film/{{Amelie}}'' was shown on the satellite channel Ovation TV, a bikini was photoshopped on the topless dancer Nino asks to cover for him at work.
65	* In the TV version of ''Film/TheBirdcage'', Creator/HankAzaria's character now has on swimshorts instead of a butt-revealing Speedo.
66	* In ''Film/TheBoatThatRocked'', Midnight Mark is found with dozen of naked girls, noticeably topless. In the trailer, they all wear digital bras.
67	* Some TV airings of ''{{Film/Carrie1976}}'' applied a bra and panties to Creator/NancyAllen, who is fully nude in the theatrical cut. Others just used CensorSteam to hide the rest of the nudity from the girls.
68	* A lightly censored version of ''Film/{{Crank}}'' on a free-to-air channel had a topless masseuse suddenly clothed in a computer-made bra top.
69	* When ABC aired ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', they put black bra straps across Plenty's back in one scene, and colored her tan briefs to match.
70	* The poster and print ad for the 1981 Film/JamesBond movie ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' showed a leggy woman in a rear shot, from the waist down, wearing boy-short type panties that are tight enough to draw attention to the butt (the model for the photograph is rumored to have worn a pair of conventional women's panties backwards to achieve that look). The newspapers in some communities, such as Arizona's ''Republic'', carefully drew in a pair of more modest shorts.
71	* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''Film/{{Machete}}'', where Creator/JessicaAlba wore a bikini while filming a shower scene which was digitally removed later to make it a "nude" scene.
72	* ''Film/TheMummy1999'' had to digitally hide accidental nudity from Rachel Weisz when her wet nightgown (after the river boat scene) was left completely see-through.
73	* Anck Su Namun in ''Film/TheMummyReturns'' had a digital bikini over her nude body (which was already covered with BodyPaint).
74	* In ''Film/MyFatherTheHero'', a father (Creator/GerardDepardieu) takes his 14-year-old daughter (Creator/KatherineHeigl) on vacation to a beach resort. At one point she wears a butt-revealing thong one-piece swimsuit. The edited for television version has digitally added panels to her cheeks, making it less revealing than the average one-piece swimsuit. Her father's freaked-out reaction seems incongruous, although the new interpretation could be that it's skintight on her ass.
75	* The Indian theatrical release of ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' had a black dress [=CGIed=] onto Creator/FlorencePugh during her nude scenes, in particular the one where her character has Oppenheimer quote ''Literature/BhagavadGita'' while they have sex. Notably, due to Creator/ChristopherNolan's insistence on PracticalEffects throughout the movie, this led to jokes about how the censors had defied Nolan's wishes.
76	* In Polish HBO's 1998 promo for the Howard Stern's movie ''Film/PrivateParts'', Jenna Jameson's bare breasts were masked with [[StylisticSuck a crude bikini that looks like it was done on Microsoft Paint]] (and probably was).
77	* In the TV version of ''Film/PulpFiction'', in the scene where Butch is getting out of the shower, the towel is digitally elongated to cover more skin.
78	* In the Australian film release of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', a woman is sexually assaulted by General Medrano (Creator/JoaquinCosio) in the ready-to-blow-up hotel. She is thrown on to a bed, showing her pubic mound/outer genitalia in an upskirt shot. On the Region 4 DVD, the woman's bare genitals were digitally covered with some CGI panties.
79	* Creator/JenniferLawrence is nude in ''Film/RedSparrow'''s torture scene. In the trailer a CGI bra is added.
80	* ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' on a non-PPV channel (like VH-1[[note]]or, in the case of that one ''Family Guy'' cutaway after Peter tells Meg that she always ruins his good time the same way basic cable does, TBS[[/note]]) has all the female nudity covered with obvious computer-rendered bras and panties. Although there are many other edits to the film's content besides this (it did get an NC-17 rating, after all!), this is so pervasive that fans of the movie often refer to it as the "Digital Bra" cut.
81	* The 2020 Disney+ version of ''{{Film/Splash}}'' digitally extended Daryl Hannah's hair to cover more of her butt while she's running on the beach.
82	* ''Film/{{Stardust}}'': The scene where Tristan cuts off a lock of Yvaine's hair as she sleeps was originally shot with him shirtless to imply that they'd had sex during the night. It was eventually decided that this was too racy and a shirt was digitally added to cover him up. As Yvaine is still implied to be naked under her ModestyBedsheet it turns the night into a case of DidTheyOrDidntThey.
83	* The original version of ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' had Clark walk around stark naked after his landing. These days, he is wrapped in some kind of blanket.
84	** In the reboot ''Film/ManOfSteel'', when Kal is in the escape pod and being imbued with the Codex of Krypton, the beam of light flows down on top of him, and the baby-actor is sitting there in all his glory. During television playing, the light is flared up and covers his private parts.
85	* The TV verson of ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'' has a bikini top digitally inserted onto Halle Berry's breasts during her nude-sunbathing scene.
86	* RareMaleExample in ''Film/VanHelsing''. The title character was originally nude in the scene where he transforms back from being a werewolf - not explicitly so however. As it's a sad scene [[spoiler:with him crying over his dead love interest]], the filmmakers realised audiences were getting DistractedByTheSexy, and added pants digitally.
87	* In Israel, the poster for ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' was altered to add sleeves to Sophie Marceau's dress and create space between her and Pierce Brosnan.
88	* Natalie Portman in the green band trailer for ''Film/YourHighness''. The red band version, as well as [[OutdoorBathPeeping the scene in question]] in the actual film, has her wearing a [[ThongOfShielding barely-visible thong]].
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92	* The video for Music/RascalFlatts' 2003 country hit "I Melt" gained notoriety for becoming the first video in the genre to feature nudity. Scenes include guitarist Joe Don Rooney's bare buttocks, and model Christina Auria taking a shower in the nude. After conservative groups complained, an edited version, with pixelated "bikinis" on each, was released for airing during daytime hours on CMT. Great American Country, a competing country music-oriented network, however, insisted on a new video ... and when Rascal Flatts refused to release one, GAC pulled the plug on the song.
93	** CMT's daytime airings had a short feature in front of them from one of the hosts explaining the reason for the censoring. Then turning and walking away from the camera, wearing only a censor blur from the waist down.
94	* The European cover art for Music/{{Queen\|Band}}'s double-A-side [[Music/Jazz1978 "Fat Bottomed Girls"/"Bicycle Race"]] had a picture of a nude girl on a bicycle, taken at a nude bicycle race held to promote the single. However, when the single came to America, the record company painted a bikini on the girl.
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98	* A 1988 feud between [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "the Snake" Roberts]] and "Ravishing" Wrestling/RickRude involved an incident that was PlayedForLaughs and {{Subverted}}. The feud itself was sparked when Rude (who had a post-match routine where he would kiss a pre-selected woman in the audience) was spurned by Roberts' real-life wife, Cheryl. To agitate Roberts, Rude began wearing tights with Cheryl's likeness spray-painted on them, prompting Roberts to warn him to stop wearing them or he would come to the ring and take them off himself. Roberts held true to his promise when Rude wore them to the ring ... and he indeed tore them off Rude, causing him to flee in terror and embarrassment from the ring completely naked ... with Rude's groin area digitally pixelated. Rude indeed was "nude" -- or so the home audience was led to believe; the crowd saw Rude wearing a flesh-colored thong, and the pixelation was done to create the illusion that Rude had been stripped of his skivvies.
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102	* In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' CCG (the international version of the card game), most female monsters have some sort of digital editing, whether to add clothes or to reduce their bust sizes. This became less common starting in the GX era, though a few exceptions remain. Though [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Card_Artworks:Avatar_of_The_Pot Avatar of the Pot]] was one where this was more than welcome.
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106	* ''Franchise/TheWitcher'':
107	** ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'': The original European version of the game had a lot of female nudity for {{fanservice}}, including a dryad appearing fully nude in conversations with Geralt up to and including pubic hair. The collectible "sex cards" had clothes (or suds in one case) drawn over them in the US release and the dryad was made to put clothes on, though there's a "Director's Cut" patch available that removes the censorship.
108	** ''VideoGame/GwentTheWitcherCardGame'': Some of the card art in the Chinese client has had this treatment due to local censorship policies.
109	* ''VideoGame/UtawarerumonoMaskOfDeception'': In the scene where Munechika spanks Anju, in the original Japanese version, the former pulls down the latter's pants completely. In the English version, however, not only is Anju's butt still covered up, but Munechika has her raised right hand erased. [[https://imgur.com/a/eo5G6 The original scene]] vs. the [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/6cdbb33a1b6be582884ece62e3c71ee4/tumblr_ozn0y6fe431vy24cpo1_1280.png toned-down edit.]]
110	* The introduction movie for the Platform/PlayStation version of ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Edge]]'' has Sophitia interrupted whilst bathing by a god appearing from the water. In the Japanese version she's naked, but everywhere else she's wearing a white swimsuit. Although to their defense, at very least the swimsuited version is playable.
111	* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', Johnny Sasaki is seen bent over with his butt in the air in his underwear in the Japanese version. In the US version, on the other hand, the underwear is removed and replaced with a pixelized censoring. The pixelized version did NOT make it into the US release of ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots MGS4]]'', and you can see what they were trying to cover up in the original [=PS1=] version anyway by crawling right next to his ass and using your binoculars to zoom through the pixellization.
112	* In the PC game ''VideoGame/PrincessMaker2'', you can take your daughter Olive on a vacation as a way to build your relationship and decrease stress. How old she is and what season it is -- as well as where you're vacationing -- determines which of the photos you'll be shown. Most of said photos are innocent by the game's standards, but the translators for the [=SoftEgg=] version decided to slap MS Paint clothes on Olive sunbathing and swimming naked. To be fair, she's supposed to be 12 or 13 in the sunbathing photo. In fact, the ''four'' beach summer vacation photos had this. The "sitting on a pool" and "resting in a quiet beach corner" ones had Olive actually wearing more see-through shirts/dresses, so these were slightly altered to not look so transparent. The second translated version used the original pictures.
113	* Odd example: the pre-release box art for the Western release of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 3\|AbsenceOfJustice}}'' depicts one of the game's ''kunoichi'' in her usual cleavage-baring top about to operate on a Prinny. In the final release, the middle of her top is filled in with black.
114	* Inverted: In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/RivieraThePromisedLand'' the girls wear bikinis during the bath scene, but in the US version they do not (certain parts are hidden by GodivaHair). Same goes with ''VideoGame/YggdraUnion''.
115	* Delphi in ''VideoGame/GiantsCitizenKabuto'' -- but only in the US English version. The game comes with both US and UK English as installation languages, rendering the whole exercise moot for anyone who realizes that the original UK version is uncensored.
116	* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'''s Werewolf has turned into a [[MaleFrontalNudity naked human]] since ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Rondo of Blood]]'', but in ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia Order of Ecclesia]]'', they added a pair of [[MagicPants boxer shorts]]. A closer look reveals that the boxers spontaneously appear between frames.
117	** In ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaIIIDraculasCurse'' and ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'', some statues that were originally topless were more fully clothed in the US releases.
118	* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' localization follows Nintendo of America's guidelines with depiction of nudity. The Esper Siren was originally shown with a bare butt, but was edited to wear shorts in the US SNES version (released as ''Final Fantasy III''). [=PS1=] version retains the original. The GBA port had her partially covered, not as much as the SNES version.
119	** ''VideoGame/CrisisCore [[UpdatedRerelease Reunion]]'' ads a black sports bra to Tifa's cowgirl outfit model, otherwise reused from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. This change is retained for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''.
120	* In ''VideoGame/{{Abadox}}'', the princess FloatingInABubble was naked in the original Japanese version. The U.S. version painted some clothes over her body.
121	* When the Platform/PC88 RPG ''Cosmic Soldier: Psychic War'' was brought to Western computers by Creator/BroderbundSoftware, clothes were painted on the originally very {{Stripperiffic}} RobotGirl whose form dominates the top-right corner of the interface.
122	* The Platform/SegaGenesis version of ''Stormlord'' covered up the naked fairies this way.
123	* Asuka from ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' is given a pair of bloomers in localized versions to cover up the thong she wears in the Japanese release.
124	* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver'' edited the sprites of male swimmers so they were wearing swim trunks instead of a speedo.
125	* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowverse}}'' tends to get some provocative female outfits covered up in the western version of the game. The most notable censorship is Isabelle's cleavage.
126	* Played straight and then subverted with the remake of ''VideoGame/LaMulana''. When it was being designed for the US Platform/WiiWare a strip of cloth was added to the topless statues in the Tower of the Goddess. These were later removed in future updates of the PC version.
127	* ''[[VideoGame/DukeNukem3D Duke Nukem 64]]'' has strippers removed with the original sprite edited with more clothes to be used as regular dancing girls. Cocoon women are also given some clothes to cover up their nudity.
128	* The main promotional art for the arcade ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonII'' depicts Marian wearing a flesh-colored tank top and a torn skirt exposing her thighs and buttocks. When the art was used for the cover of the NES version, her tank top was recolored red and her skirt became longer.
129	* In ''VideoGame/EvilZone'', Erel Plowse's original outfit included a ThongOfShielding, but the North American release stretched the texture of her top to cover her to the knees.
130	* One of the wearable clothes in the original Xbox 360 release of ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' is a black sleeveless top emblazoned with a black-and-white photo of a topless woman. The PC port of the game gives the woman a modest bikini top, likely because of the improved PC graphics, the nudity would be more noticeable this time around.
131	* ''Glam's Incredible Run: Escape From Duhka'': Official artwork shows Glam in a pose [[PantyShot exposing her undergarments]]. Store pages use an alternate version of this where she has red ModestyShorts on.
132	* ''More Dark''[='=]s cover image shows the Devil's daughter in a black bikini, her default outfit. Certain sites such as the Platform/NintendoSwitch eshop page draw a black leotard over it.
133	* The Arcade Archives port of the Namco arcade game ''Yokai Dochuki'' (known as ''Shadowland'' internationally) has had all instances of female nudity covered up in this manner due to CERO rating restrictions. These include the goddess bathing in the river in stage two, the smaller dancing mermaids in stage three (who are given {{Seashell Bra}}s to match the larger ones who've always had them) and the four bathing women in the game's Heaven ending.
134	* ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'' adds a "Naive Angel Mode" which covers up the more sexually provocative designs in-game so you can, as they put it, play it in your living room without having it be awkward. It's also played for laughs in true Bayonetta style. Rodin's cigar is replaced by a chocolate frosted pretzel and when Bayonetta pulls out her own heart to power up her demons, it's replaced by a Tomato.
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138	* A commercial promo for ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' paints tights on a woman passed out in his bedroom who is nude in the actual show.
139	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
140	** The episode "Deep Throats" has two scenes of Peter and Lois (who are high on marijuana) on the couch. The Creator/CartoonNetwork and DVD version has them naked (and added a scene of Lois telling Brian that Peter is "knocking at the back door") while the FOX and syndicated version has them in drawn-on underwear (and the "back-door" line is cut).
141	** In "Padre de Familia", during a cutaway of Stewie at a strip club, the topless dancer in the DVD version has on an ass-floss style G-string (where the string is actually in between the butt crack). On TV, it was changed to a ThongOfShielding.
142	* The Creator/{{Spacetoon}} airings of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' series [[https://www.derpibooru.org/images/1606650?q=spacetoon hide any part of an outfit where skin is showing and colors it to look like either patches or leggings.]]
143	* In the Iranian dub of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/4/44/Polish_20200118_224941078.jpg Sandy's bikini is censored to a fully-covering dress.]]
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148	* For Creator/DrewBarrymore's birthday, her Godfather Creator/StevenSpielberg gave her a copy of her Playboy spread with this effect applied by [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]].
149	* There was a [=LiveJournal=] blog dedicated to both complaining about {{Stripperific}} artwork and encouraging readers to submit [[{{Bowdlerization}} fan edits that censor it]].
150	* There are ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' covers and ads which add this to make them less objectionable for public display.
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